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Rosario wants to play through infected tooth

Rosario wants to play through infected tooth

9/2/13: Wilin Rosario smacks a solo home run to right field, pulling the Rockies within two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning

By Thomas Harding and Chris Haft
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MLB.com |

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario sat out his third straight game Monday night because of an infected lower right wisdom tooth, but hopes to play Tuesday and will hold off on having it extracted until the end of the season.

Rosario said an extraction would cost him five to 10 days. Even though the Rockies entered Monday's game against the Giants 12 games below .500 with 18 to play, Rosario wanted to miss as little baseball as possible.

So a dentist flushed out the infection and gave him painkillers, and Rosario believes he'll be back on the field soon.

Rosario, who is hitting .289 with 21 home runs and entered Monday second on the club with 74 RBIs, said it was possible he'd be available to pinch-hit Monday night, but noted that the medication had him woozy and facing fastballs could be hazardous.

"There is nothing as bad as tooth pain, and that's what Wilin is dealing with," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.